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This prawn pathia curry recipe is from My Cape Malay Kitchen. Here Cariema Isaacs tells us that pathia is a popular curry served among the Parsi population in India. It is a sweet, sour and spicy curry, not very different to …more ♥

Biodiversity in farming and growing organic produce will ensure our ecology is maintained in a balanced way. Eating regionally, seasonally and using sustainable produce is what I am about. Here my recipe for vegetarian pasta bake makes use of only organic …more ♥

Head straight on to the recipe for Savoury Mince Baked Pirozhki ♥ Pirozhki is Russian for ‘small pie’ and these are usually made from a yeast dough. Here I have made baked pirozhki using a sour cream pastry which have been …more ♥

Head straight on to the recipe for Octopus Spaghetti |Spaghetti Al Polpo ♥ The other night while eating out, James informed us that octopuses are extremely intelligent and that is why he would not eat them! I also learnt that …more ♥

Head straight on to the recipe for Sun Dried Tomato And Rosemary Twist Bread ♥ I have taken the beautiful Challah recipe from Jamie Geller’s Joy of Kosher and used it to make my sun dried tomato and rosemary twist bread. The …more ♥

Head straight on to the recipe for Spaghetti Squash ♥ Spaghetti squash is so named as when it is cooked, the flesh falls away from the skin in ribbons resembling pasta. It is high in nutrients such as folic acid, potassim, …more ♥

This recipe represents the proverbial straw that broke the camels’ back. A few years back, a so called friend asked me to email a company about someone else cheating in a competition they were hosting. She asked me because she …more ♥

There are many reasons I chose to make the Home Made Baked Beans from scratch. But the main reason was that I really do not like the smell of the tomato sauce in the store bought canned beans. A long …more ♥

The braai, the big divider and unifier of South Africa. The first debate about the braai (BBQ to my non South African readers) is charcoal or wood. And once you have come to the conclusion that wood is the way …more ♥

What do you do when your words are stolen? A while back I emailed a recipe to someone and the next thing I knew it was published on their blog as original content. I have no proof the recipe is …more ♥

Sometimes a favour turns into anything but. A friend of ours has 2 fox terriers. The bitch is 9 months old and when she was nearly due to come on heat we offered to look after their male dog while she …more ♥

Gooi & Enjoy™ is a Meal Dice Challenge created by PaperKutz and I was one of the lucky recipients of a set of these dice, together with a R100 Pick N Pay gift card voucher, a wooden spoon and a spoon rest. From this …more ♥

Last weekend when it was the Formula 1 race at Spa Francorchamps I served a traditional Belgium meal. For us that meant moules-frites. I steamed the mussels in beer as Alex was bringing Belgium beer for us to enjoy with …more ♥

Late last year I participated in Yuppiechef’s annual cookathon and our meal started with a melon and avocado salad with a roasted tomato salad dressing. Tami commented that she was looking forward to the recipe for the salad dressing, and it …more ♥

I have learnt that there is a very clear distinction between food bloggers and food photographers / stylists. I am a food blogger and I concentrate on bringing you, my reader, the very best recipes I possibly can. I cook …more ♥

When Dave and I barged the Midi Canal in France we started our journey In Toulouse. I made Dave eat cassoulet for dinner on our first night so that he could compare the one made in Castelnaudary. Cassoulet is a dish …more ♥

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Hi, I am Tandy, the face behind Lavender and Lime

I live in a cottage in Gordons Bay with my husband and our dogs. We are busy building our own house in between travelling overseas and running our own businesses. Click on the image to read more about me.